2018 Chevrolet Corvette

TWO SEPARATE WHEELS HAVE NOW CRACKED OR WARPED ON THE VEHICLE AT NO FAULT OF MY OWN. THIS IS HAPPENING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS (COMMUTING) WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT, SEVERE POT-HOLES, OR IMPACT DAMAGE. IT APPEARS THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME, AS THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT "THAT'S JUST THE WAY THESE CARS ARE, EXPECT TO REPLACE A LOT OF RIMS". WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU CAN EITHER GRADUALLY OR SUDDENLY LOSE COMPLETE AIR PRESSURE IN YOUR WHEEL. THAT IS DANGEROUS. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 10K MILES WITH TWO CRACKED RIMS. COST $800 EACH, AND GM REFUSES TO COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE TRAVELING ALONG 240 IN MEMPHIS,TN I HIT AN UNLEVEL PIECE OF PAVEMENT. MY SPEED WAS MAYBE 45 MPH. WHILE THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT I HAD 4 BEND RIMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE WHEELS EACH WHEEL HAD BEEN BENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIMS. THIS WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO DRIVE POORLY AND CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE.

BOUGHT THE CAR APRIL 7TH 2018 WITHIN 500 MILES NOTICED A BAD VIBRATION, RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A MONTH DISCOVERING THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WAS OUT OF ROUND /BENT WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. THEY REPLACED IT AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE IT WAS WITHIN A WEEK OF DELIVERY. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THE CAR AT AROUND 4000 MILES DEVELOPED ANOTHER BAD VIBRATION. I TOOK IT TO TIRE DISCOUNTERS WHICH WAS MUCH CLOSER THAN THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME BOTH LEFT SIDE WHEELS WERE OUT OF ROUND WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE THESE DUE TO THE MILES ON THE CAR. I KNOW PEOPLE WITH THESE GRAND SPORT AND Z06 CORVETTES THAT HAVE HAD THESE SAME ISSUES WITH THE WHEELS. THE CORVETTE FORUMS ARE FULL OF SIMILAR STORIES. THESE WHEELS ARE TOO WEAK FOR THESE CARS AND NEED TO BE REPLACED